The superhero film Avengers may be the "one to beat" this year, Newsday's Rafer Guzman said, in terms of box office success. Already, more than $300 million has been sold for what has generally been called a good and appealing film both for comic fans and the wider audience.

When the British government first decided to reveal the person behind their MI5 spy agency, many were surprised to find that the person was a she, not a he. That woman was Stella Rimington, who's become the basis of James Bond's M -- and a fiction writer in her own right.